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Object Number 36-56-50/1488
Display Title Fish net
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishing net, wooden stick, fork shaped at 1 end, pointed at other, net, twine at
Classification
  • Net
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Barotse
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zambia
Dimensions Overall: 82.3 x 26.5 x 12.5 cm (32 3/8 x 10 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-56-50/1488

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